Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex  

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.  

1415  On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15.  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15.  

1607  On this day in history cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

1621  On this day in history death of john Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony  

1632  Death of George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580) on this day in history.  

1641  On this day in history death of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)  

1652  On April - 15 death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church  

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on this day in history.  

1719  On April - 15 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76  

1754  Death of Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676) on this day in history.  

1756  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29  

1761  On this day in history death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)  

1764  On this day in history jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies  

1765  On this day in history michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53  

1788  On this day in history giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77  

1793  On this day in history death of ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718)  

1804  Death of Charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761) on this day in history.  

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1824  On April - 15 theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61  

1853  Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67 on April - 15.  

1854  On April - 15 death of arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)  

1863  On this day in history jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90  

1866  William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1888  On April - 15 matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  On April - 15 death of father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840)  

1891  Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on April - 15.  

1898  Death of Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader on this day in history.  

1911  Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies on this day in history.  

1912  On April - 15 death of edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850)  

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1452  On April - 15 birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary  

1469  On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs  

1489  On April - 15 birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.  

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on April - 15.  

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on April - 15.  

1641  On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on April - 15.